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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 644. To ask the Minister for Health the no-show rates at chemotherapy appointments at each of the designated cancer centres in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form. [49586/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all section 39 funded organisations in 2021 and 2022 respectively, in tabular form; the amount of funding awarded to each; the way that the funding allocation for each makes provision for pay, terms and conditions of the staff employed in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49933/22]

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I note the welcome aspects of this Bill. Despite the delay, this legislation will see the enforcement provisions in the EECC being transposed into Irish law. This is very welcome, especially the provision for ComReg to have additional powers and a wider remit. We are all conscious in our constituencies of issues around consumer protection and lack of due regard for online security. This...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will send details to the Tánaiste. It has been done in France.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: What specific action does the Government propose to take to address the key points made in yesterday's OECD and Climate Change Advisory Council report on the Irish transport system? The report showed the need for the Government to prioritise policies to reallocate road space from private cars to ensure that walking and cycling are better accommodated. I ask this knowing that although the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I do not know what that was about.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise the issue of how we can ensure the continuation of vital community services across all our communities and pay and conditions for those workers who have been outsourced from the State and who provide vital care services through section 39 organisations or section 56 organisations. We all know how many community-based services in all our constituencies are utterly reliant on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste for his constructive words. I do think it is fair to describe services as having been outsourced. Indeed, as the Tánaiste acknowledged, the State has a long history of outsourcing vital public services such as health and education to voluntary bodies, notably the Catholic Church and religious orders resulting in a shadow welfare state. Now in 2022, we need to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2023 (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who rent as licensees rather than as tenants will be eligible for the €500 renters credit announced in budget 2023. [49144/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Members have the option of being physically present in the committee room or joining the meeting via MS Teams from their Leinster House offices but they may not participate from outside the parliamentary precincts. I ask members joining on MS Teams to mute their microphones when not making a contribution and to use the raise hand function to indicate. All those present in the committee room...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Lennon. It has been a pleasure to co-chair the working group in the Oireachtas with WorkEqual. I thank her for her focus on the practical implementation. I would like to welcome our colleagues from SIPTU. I will call IBEC next and then SIPTU for their opening statements before we move to the exchanges with members. We will have time limits on exchanges with colleagues. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Dr. McGann for those very focused submissions on the recommendations. We appreciate that practical approach. Before I invite our witnesses from SIPTU, I need to give a privilege warning. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I might ask Ms Buckley to truncate her presentation a little. I should have said at the start that we had asked for opening statements to be confined to five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Buckley for the practical focus on implementation of the recommendations on pay and workplace conditions. I am grateful to all the witnesses for their opening statements. I now ask members for their questions and we have a time limit of six minutes for each exchange to facilitate as many members as possible and to ensure we might have a second round of questions where appropriate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I raised this issue yesterday with the Taoiseach on foot of the reports about the IBEC paper. The Taoiseach gave an assurance that domestic violence leave would be introduced, which was very welcome to hear. However, we need to hear further clarification on the issue the Deputy raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I invite Ms O'Hare or Dr. McGann from IBEC to respond. Deputy Cronin raised some valid issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am conscious other members wish to come in. I might ask our other witnesses from SIPTU and WorkEqual to respond to that in the next round of questioning if they wish to. We will move on. I call Deputy McAuliffe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Does Ms O'Hare or Dr. McGann wish to respond to that question?